‎Prokofiev: War And Peace by Justin Lavender

Overture

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

4:42

The radiance of the sky in spring… (Prince Andrey)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams

3:39

I won't, I can't sleep (Natasha, Prince Andrey, Sonya)

Pamela Helen Stephen, Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

4:58

O God, my God! What a shame to sleep! (Natasha, Prince Andrey)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams

2:56

St Petersburg. New Year's Eve

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

2:37

Chorus! Let the chorus begin! (Host, Count Rostov, Akhrosimova, Natasha, Sonya, Hélène, Anatoly, D

Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Robert Baker, Victoria Livengood, Elena Ionova, Ekaterina Morozova, Stephen Dupont

4:56

Look, the colonel's dancing the mazurka (Peronskaya, Akhrosimova, Hélène, Anatoly, Count Rostov, D

Liuba Chuchrova, Victoria Livengood, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Elena Ionova, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox, Oleg Balashov, Igor Matioukhin

2:38

Will no one choose me as a partner? (Natasha, Dolokhov, Pierre, Prince Andrey, Count Rostov, Anato

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Stephen Dupont, Justin Lavender, Igor Matioukhin, Ekaterina Morozova, Oleg Balashov

2:48

When I was at Otradnoye in May (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Count Rostov)

Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Stephen Dupont

6:50

The young Prince's fiancée (Old Footman, Housemaid, Valet, Count Rostov, Natasha, Princess Mariya)

Richard Hickox, Thomas Guthrie, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stephen Dupont, Ekaterina Morozova, Tatiana Odinokova, Dmitry Kanevsky, Catherine Pierard

5:19

Ah, Madam, young lady… (Prince Bolkonsky, Princess Mariya, Natasha, Count Rostov)

Richard Hickox, Ekaterina Morozova, Vladimir Ognev, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stephen Dupont, Catherine Pierard

5:54

The charming, delightful Natasha (Hélène, Natasha, Count Rostov)

Ekaterina Morozova, Elena Ionova, Stephen Dupont, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

3:18

She's wonderful and so beautiful (Natasha, Anatoly, Sonya, Count Rostov)

Ekaterina Morozova, Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Dupont, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Oleg Balashov

7:12

At ten o'clock in the evening, she'll be waiting (Anatoly, Dolokhov)

Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Igor Matioukhin, Stephen Dupont, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Oleg Balashov

4:08

Balaga! (Dolokhov, Anatoly, Balaga, Matryosha)

Marcus Van Den Akker, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Catherine Pierard, Oleg Balashov, Igor Matioukhin

6:15

Oh, my dear Miss Natasha, all is lost, it seems (Dunyasha, Natasha, Gavrila, Anatoly, Dolokhov)

Oleg Balashov, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Ekaterina Morozova, Igor Matioukhin, Dmitry Kanevsky, Tatiana Odinokova

3:37

A fine young lady you are! (Akhrosimova, Natasha, Gavrila, Pierre)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Dmitry Kanevsky, Justin Lavender, Victoria Livengood, Ekaterina Morozova, Richard Hickox

6:33

I've sought to avoid her (Pierre, Natasha, Sonya, Akhrosimova)

Victoria Livengood, Ekaterina Morozova, Justin Lavender, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Pamela Helen Stephen

11:06

Picture the scene, Countess (Métivier, Hélène, Abbé, Pierre, Anatoly, Denisov)

Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Opie, Vadim Zaplechny, Elena Ionova, Thomas Guthrie, Justin Lavender

10:49

The forces of two and ten European nations (Chorus)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

5:20

Come on lads! That's the way! (Volunteers, Tikhon, Fyodor, Denisov, Prince Andrey, Matveyev, Vasil

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Igor Matioukhin, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Vadim Zaplechny, Thomas Guthrie, Stephen Dupont, Catherine Pierard

8:27

Denisov, her first fiancé (Prince Andrey)

Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

3:27

It's the master, look at him! (Fyodor, Trishka, Tikhon, Pierre, Matveyev, Prince Andrey, First Gen

Pamela Helen Stephen, Vadim Zaplechny, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender, Igor Matioukhin, Stephen Dupont, Richard Hickox

6:06

Hurrah! Hurrah! (Pierre, Chorus)

Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Justin Lavender, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

3:02

There is no people greater than ours (Kutuzov, Adjutant, Prince Andrey, First Staff Officer, Secon

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Alan Ewing, Henry Moss, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Charles Austin, Richard Hickox, Vladimir Ognev

10:34

The wine is uncorked. We must drink it (Napoleon, Compans's Adjutant, Murat's Adjutant, Berthier,

Oleg Dolgov, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Opie, Igor Matioukhin, Richard Hickox, Neil Jenkins, Victoria Livengood, Dmitry Kanevsky

10:24

And so, gentlemen, the question is… (Benigsen, Kutuzov, Barclay, Yermolov, Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Vadim Zaplechny, Alan Ewing, Charles Austin, Marcus Van Den Akker, Henry Moss, Thomas Guthrie

6:48

The enemy bears down on us with fire and steel (Konovnitsyn, Rayevsky, Chorus)

Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Henry Moss, Thomas Guthrie, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

1:13

When, oh when was this dreadful business decided? (Kutuzov, Chorus)

Alan Ewing, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

9:11

Moscow's deserted! (Ramballe, Bonnet, Jacqueau, Gérard, Young Factory Worker, Shopkeeper, Matveye

Oleg Dolgov, Richard Coxon, Henry Moss, Charles Austin, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Dmitry Kanevsky

8:13

I must do the deed, or die (Pierre, Shopkeeper, Young Factory Worker, Dunyasha, Mavra Kuzminichna

Victoria Livengood, Oleg Dolgov, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Tatiana Odinokova, Justin Lavender, Richard Hickox

4:28

Where did you get such a good going-over, lads? (Jacqueau, Gérard, Matveyev, Ivanov, Chorus)

Charles Austin, Henry Moss, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Vadim Zaplechny, Stephen Dupont, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

2:11

Davout, the cruel Davout, the emperor Napoleon's hatchet man! (Pierre, Davout, Officer, Ivanov, K.

Marcus Van Den Akker, Richard Hickox, Vadim Zaplechny, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Neil Jenkins, Justin Lavender, Vladimir Ognev

5:16

Nothing matters now, nothing (Pierre, Karatayev, Shopkeeper, Ramballe, Bonnet, First Actress, Sec

Dmitry Kanevsky, Richard Hickox, Pamela Helen Stephen, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Justin Lavender, Neil Jenkins, Richard Coxon, Liuba Chuchrova

6:41

What a dreadful scene! (Napoleon, Chorus)

Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Opie

4:13

It's stretching higher and further (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)

Ekaterina Morozova, Roderick Williams, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

8:19

Has fate really brought us together so strangely today… (Prince Andrey, Natasha, Chorus)

Ekaterina Morozova, Richard Hickox, Roderick Williams, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

7:21

We've burnt our bridges. (Ramballe, Bonnet, Pierre, Karatayev, Officer)

Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Vladimir Ognev, Dmitry Kanevsky, Richard Hickox, Justin Lavender, Neil Jenkins, Richard Coxon

5:07

Hey! Hey! Hey! (Pierre, Denisov, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyasha, Vasilisa, Chorus)

Tatiana Odinokova, Justin Lavender, Richard Hickox, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Thomas Guthrie, Igor Matioukhin, Vadim Zaplechny, Catherine Pierard

7:27

Dolokhov said that Hélène had passed away (Pierre, Denisov)

Richard Hickox, Justin Lavender, Thomas Guthrie, Spoleto Festival Orchestra

2:37

The Commander-in-chief is coming! (Adjutant, Denisov, Dolokhov, Vasilisa, Fyodor, Tikhon, Dunyash

Tatiana Odinokova, Justin Lavender, Vadim Zaplechny, Igor Matioukhin, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Catherine Pierard

1:43

The enemy has been put to rout (Kutuzov, Chorus)

Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Alan Ewing, Richard Hickox

6:13

Sergei Prokofiev

Composer
Roderick Williams

Baritone
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Pamela Helen Stephen

Mezzo-Soprano
Alan Opie

Baritone

Gian Carlo Menotti

Producer
Ralph Couzens

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer
Richard Smoker

Assistant Engineer
Robert Carpenter Turner

Photography
Philip Taylor

Liner Notes
Jacqueline Wyatt

Photography
Jacques-Louis David

Cover Art
Nicky Johnston

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Peter von Hess

Cover Art
Cass Cassidy

Graphic Design

Prokofiev: War And Peace

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Sergei Prokofiev

Roderick Williams

Richard Hickox

Pamela Helen Stephen

Alan Opie

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